Japanese Team Assesses F-35 for Next-Gen Fighter Need

Japan will consider the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, along with other three non-stealthy types, as its next-generation fighter to replace McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms, suggesting a softening of its hard-line requirement for F-22s. Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force has sent a team of 10 officers...

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